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associate dean for undergraduate studies and a member of the legal studies’ faculty. The department’s administrative offices are located in HPA I – Suite 343. Legal studies’ faculty members will continue to maintain offices on the third floor of HPA I, but they will relocate this summer to rooms closer to the department’s administrative suite.<\/p>\n
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